Rocking chair



Ap i 1952 J. SPENCE 2,592,756

ROCKING cHAiR Filed April 5, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 John Spence INVENTOR.

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Patented Apr. 15, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROCKING CHAIR John Spence, Hackensack, N. J.

Application April 5, 1949, Serial No. 85,629

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in chairs and more particularly to a lawn or beach chair constructed of easily assembled parts for convenient storage or transportation purposes.

An important object of the invention is to provide a chair back supported on hinged legs and a seat supported at its rear edge on the back and supported at its front edge on combined arm and front leg members of resilient bow-shaped construction to yield to the weight of a person occupying the seat.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for assembling the bow-shaped combined arms and front legs attached to the back and to a supporting base for the chair.

A still further object is to provide an article of this character of simple and practica1 construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, strong and durable, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on a line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on a line 4-4 of Figure 2 and showing the locking pin for the arm;

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on a line 5-5 of Figure 3 and showing one of the hangers for the front end of the seat, and

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on a line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates generally an open base or platform composed of a pair of side rails 6 rigidly connected to each other in spaced parallel relation by cross bars 1.

A back 8 of a wooden slat construction includes the side posts or frame members 9 to which the slats ID are suitably secured in a vertical position, the lower ends of the posts 9 extending downwardly below the slats to form rear legs II which are rockably connected to the side rails 6 of the base by conventional hinge members I2. The upper hinge plates l3 of the hinge members I2 are secured to the bottom of r the rear legs I I, and the lower plates M of the hinge members are secured on top of the side rails 6 of the base.

Combined arms and front legs l5 are constructed of laminated wooden strips l6 and are bent in the shape of a bow positioned at each side of the chair to provide a continuous arm I1 and front leg [8.

The rear end of arm I] is reduced in width to provide a tongue [9 inserted in an opening 20 in the post 9 of back 8 with shoulders 2| at the inner ends of tongue [9 bearing against the post to limit rearward movement of the arm and a wedge-shaped locking pin or peg 22 is inserted vertically in an opening 23 in tongue I!) behind the post 9 to lock the arm in position therein.

The lower end of front leg portion l8: of the combined bow-shaped arm and front leg is curved rearwardly to rest on top of the side rail 6 of base 5 and is secured thereto by bolts and wing nuts 24.

A seat 25 also of a flat construction is provided at its rear edge with upstanding hanger hooks 26 supported on a cross bar 21 extending between the upper portion of rear legs I I. A pair of front hanger hooks 28 are suitably secured to the front edge of seat 25 at the side edges of the seat and curve upwardly and forwardly therefrom for engaging a pin 29 in a recess 30 in each of the combined arms and front legs I8 to thus support the front edge of the seat.

The bow-shaped combined arms and front legs 15 are suificiently resilient to yield to the weight of a person occupying the seat to permit slight rocking movement. This rocking movement is limited at the rear by the space provided between upper and lower hinge plates I3 and M. This rocking movement is further limited at the front by the front hanger construction, as shown in Figure 5.

The parts of the chair may be easily and quick- 1y detached or disassembled by removing locking pin or peg 22 from the rear of arm ll; removing bolts and wing nuts 24 at the lower ends of front legs I8; releasing front and rear hanger hooks hended by the spirit of the invention as herein,

described and the scope of thewappended claim. Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A chair comprising a base, a back pivoted on said base for forward and rearward rocking movement thereon, a pair of resilient bow-shaped members forming combined arms and. legs and,

being secured at opposite ends thereof to said 4 including hanger hooks on said seat, said members having recesses therein into which said hooks extend, and pins in said recesses over which said hooks engage.

JOHN SPENCE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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